A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
A dynamic performer onstage and onscreen, Alyssa is an elite dancer with an unprecedented work ethic, coupled with extraordinary talent and phenomenal versatility. She trains in multiple disciplines; hip hop, jazz funk, ballet, jazz, lyrical, and contemporary. She trains in Toronto, as well as NYC and LA. Travelling extensively to workshops and intensives throughout Canada and the United States, she has been recognized with numerous scholarships, titles and awards. She has had the opportunity to train with, personally assist and perform for some of the most talented choreographers in the industry both within Canada and the United States as a "Pulse Protégé", "Monsters of Hip Hop Showcase nominee" and a "Velocity MVA artist". Alyssa is a member of Abstrakt Beings; a dance company based in New York City dedicated to helping artists advance in the industry. Her performance credits include World of Dance, IIFA, TSO, National Ballet of Canada's Nutcracker, and Toronto Raptors Mini Dancepak.
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.